Button for billiard-counters



(No Model.)

P. M. DB VITT BUTTON FOR BILLI ARD COUNTERS.

No. 440,945. Patented Nov. 18,1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILLIP MELVIN DE VITT, OF MIDLAND, TEXAS.

BUTTON FOR BlLLlARD-COUNTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,945, dated November 18, 1890.

Application filed July 1, 1890 Serial No. 357,376- (No moddh) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILLIP MELVIN DE VITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Midland, in the county of Midland and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons for Billiard- Oounters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in that class of devices known as buttons for billiardcounters, and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts of which it is composed, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention, in which- Figure 1 represents a face view of my device. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is also aface view of my device, showing the same slightly modified; and Fig. 4 is also aface view showing the device in modified form.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A design ates a billiard-counter button, which is designed to be strung upon wire in the usual vertical position for sliding thereon. This button is constructed with the central opening a, through which the wire is passed, and a slot or opening I), which communicates with the central opening and extends outwardly to the periphery of said button, thus forming a passage for the wire, which, when the button is applied, enters the mouth or outer portion of this passage and is carried therein to the central opening. This button is provided with a longitudinal opening 0 about its center and to one side of the central opening aforesaid, and in which perforation is inserted a pin d, that passes across the passage or slot and thereby closing the same, thus preventing accidental displacement of said button, at the same time permitting it to move freely upon a wire.

It will be readily observed from the above description and by reference to the annexed drawings that a button constructed as I herein show and describe can be readily strung upon the wire by withdrawing the pin and passing the wire through the passage, after which the pin is again inserted, closing said passage, thereby holding the button thereon, and should a button be broken it can be removed and another substituted readily without disturbing the wire or the other buttons thereon.

In Fig. 3 I show my device in modified form, wherein I dispense with the pin and its perforation, and instead I insert a block or plug 6 of suitable material into the passage, which can be easily removed when necessary, and at the same time serves to keep the wire in the central opening. In Fig. at I also show my device in still another form-that instead of the pin and block I employ a semicircular plate f, which is pivoted to one side of the central opening on the face of the button, while the opposite end of said plate is held in position by a pin, which can be removed from said end and allowing the plate to swing to oneside of the passage, thus permitting the button to be removed from said wire, and when this plate is in its normal position the wire is kept in the central opening, as the plate crosses the passage on the face of said button, and it is simple in operation, easily and quickly applied to a wire, and at the same time cheap to manufacture.

\Vhat I claim is- The within-described button having the transverse opening and passage extending therefrom to the periphery thereof and communicating with said opening and the longitudinal hole in close proximity to the transverse opening, and the pin adapted to engage said hole, whereby the button is removably secured to a wire, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PHILLIP MELVIN DE VITT.

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J. S. Con, JOHN M. MooDY. 

